1956
Temperatures are dropping, and snow will soon be flying. It is time to make plans for the Big Apple Fun Fantastic. Hosted by social chairman extraordinaire Peter "Cube" Conroy, this increasingly popular annual extravaganza will take place once again at the Yale Club on the weekend of January 31-February 2, 1986. Cube was unable to have the Super Bowl game date changed, so we are one week later than normal. Join us! Contact Cube for reservations. Cube and wife Joyce are no longer homeowners, having disposed of their abode in Avon, Conn., and replaced it with two, not one, condos, the first near his law office in Avon and the second near the College football field, across the river in Vermont. This latter residence has been regularly occupied this fall as they watched son Brian '86 play for the Big Green Machine.
The Pennsylvania Burglar and Fire Alarm Association, whose motto is "United for the security of'all," advises that Keith Ladd has been reelected state president. Keith is the owner and president of Philadelphia Protection Bureau, Inc., which he founded 10 years ago after a career with Mobil and Aamco. Keith noted earlier that his firm has established a "good repuation and has caught quite a number of would-be thieves in the process." The security business, unfortunately, is a growth industry. We have other classmates in antiterrorist, arms control, and nuclear proliferation activity. If memory serves, none of these professions were actively recruited on the Dartmouth campus in the spring of 1956.
In the category of "What did you do last summer?" there are three nominations. The Good Samaritan award goes to Frank Terhune. He stopped to help "a little old lady" (maybe the award should be for "likely story") who was having car trouble. Frank's good deed rewarded him with a badly wrenched back which cost him three months, recovering in hospital and home. Frank is national accounts manager for Rock Tenn Company in Baltimore. Among other clients of the folding carton firm are Dunkin' Donuts. Frank and Sarah moved up from the Houston area earlier in the year.
The Captain Bligh award goes to Line Spaulding, who skippered a friend's boat to third place in the five-day Newport-to- Bermuda family cruise race in June. The navigator and owner was a Williams man, but the core of the crew was made up of the Spaulding's Green children, Brook '84, who served as a watch captain, Kimberly '86, and Whitney '89. Robin either does not like to sail or someone had to mind the shop, Shephard Envelope Company, while the rest of the family sailed. She joined them in Bermuda. Brook also works for Shephard, while Line holds the title of president. Apparently the highlight of the trip occurred about 24 hours out of Bermuda when winds picked up to 50 mph. Line recounts, "It's something else to see your three children, wind whipping through their hair, salt water in their eyes, fighting to take in another reef." Well done, family Spaulding!
The Marco Polo Award goes to Bill andKaren Tell, who spent three weeks in China, visiting five major Chinese cities as part of a delegation of American Law School deans and professors hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Justice. The group held a series of meetings with Chinese officials to discuss the new legal system evolving in China following the Cultural Revolution. Meetings were also held with the Beijing Bar Association, the law school faculties, and court officials. The delegation toured a Chinese prison and observed the conduct of a murder trial. Not your everyday tour. Bill reports that he was impressed with the enormous progress China has made in the past few years with its modernization program. "China has the potential to become a major economic power in the next 20 to 30 years if the government adheres to its current policies." Bill is a senior vice president of Texaco.
As this is read, it will be Thanksgiving. Don't forget to contact your class secretary. In his case, no news is not good news. In exchange, he will be thankful.
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